Things Fall Apart

In the book "things fall apart" by Chinua Achebe we read about a man named Okonkwo. Okonkwo grew up very different from the other kids. Okonkwo has things in in his life that make his life fall apart. These things that happen to Okonkwo gives the book it's name. Three things that ruin his life are his hate for his father, his anger toward everything and his misfortunes.

Okonkwo's father was a very lazy man. Because okonkwo's father was lazy he did not grow a farm or get titles as most males do. Titles show people in this village that they are men and are worthy to be a man. Because of Okonkwo's father he did not grow up with the same advantages as the other kids did. Okonkwo had to grow a farm from scratch and earn the titles by himself. Okonkwo grew up and decided that he was going to hate everything that his father had loved because he did not want to grow up to be lazy and worthless like his father or to be known or recognized for doing the same things as his father. This hate that Okonkwo had for his Father made him grow up to be angry all the time.

This anger inside of Okonkwo made his life "Fall Apart". The Anger he had ruined his life because he could not love anything. He beat his wife and children, and everyone was afraid of him. In there society they all got along well and helped each other out, but when they fear you the other people tend to not help you out as much. The rage Okonkwo had caused him to loose things that mattered most to him.

The gods were Angry with Okonkwo causing him to loose things. Okonkwo lost many things throughout his life. Okonkwo lost many children all from the same mother. Okonkwo grew fawned of a boy named Ikemefuna. Ikemefuna was a boy that was taken away from his home because of a murder. Ikemefuna was told that he was to live with okonkwo. The gods then tell okonkwo that ikmefuna needed to die. At a funeral of a old warrior Okonkwo's gun blew, and it accidentally killed the dead mans son. Okonkwo needed to be punished for his crime so the village exiled him for seven years.

Throughout the begining of okonkwo's life he had many things to overcome. To overcome these things the gods had to break him down and rebuild him. By taking his children, having a terrible dad, killing things that he loved, and being exiled. That is why the gods made his life "Fall" apart.